Streaming Media Content in Time Capsule

Hi all. Is it possible to stream videos in the inbuilt hard drive of Time Capsule onto a Mac, PC, iPhone and an android phone over a wireless network? Can the TC just act as a LAN server? I just want to create a WLAN with no internet.
Thanks.
Deo

to stream something you need a prog or running service. Time Machine is "just" a network attached hard disk. So you can store steams/files on it, and if you like can use that as a network attached disk. But its not a server. On other hand, some TV's accepts network attached as video files storages and you can access these files from your TV - but in this case, the TV is the "stream service" or prog that control the stream.

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ITunes Media folder on Time Capsule

Hi,
Follow http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1364 instructions, I moved my "iTunes Media" folder to time capsule shared folder.
There have been no problems for video and mp3s.
However, I noticed accessing of my iPhone Apps from iTunes library is painfully slow. Just give an idea, "Get Info" on "Angry Birds" takes 30sec to appear, update "Angry Birds" tooks 30min to finish and during the progress the iTunes does not have any response (progress showing "Processing file")
The problem does not exist on Mac.
Is this normal?
Any help will be appreciated.
Baoshi

The issue is the TC is slow to start up.. each time you start your Mac.. it will not be able to spin up the TC fast enough to locate the iTunes library so you will get an error and have to manually direct the iTunes to the library.. over and over and over..
The TC is really unsuitable.
But there are suggestions on how to do this.. move the whole application to the TC.. and use an icon on the desktop to start up the iTunes.. I am not sure of the details.. but I have seen the description.. as long as the software starts up from the same place as the library it should work..
Ask in the iTunes section.
There is nothing wrong with the TC .. it is working as it was designed.. as a target for Time Machine.

Will Apple TV stream iTunes media saved on Time Capsule with mac switched off

I have Apple TV gen1 running on 40gb internal HD. I was wondering if upgrading to gen 2 and using Time Capsule, will macbook need to be on/on network, or can Apple TV gen2 stream direct from iTunes Media saved on Time Capsule

Welcome to the Apple Community.
Both models of Apple TV require iTunes to be running on a computer in order to stream content from it's library.

Playing media files from Time Capsule hard drive

Hello folks,
I am using my 3TB Time Capsule to host all of my video files, most of which are MKV files. I also have an external hard drive connected to the USB port on Time Capsule and there are few video files on it as well.
I am using Time Capsule as a router sitting between the cable modem (WAN) and my locan network (LAN). I have an Argosy HV355T digital media player hooked up to my home theater and TV via HDMI. It is connected to Time Capsule via Ethernet.
On Argosy media player, I am able to connect to Time Capsule (login is successful) but I can neither see the hard drives nor their contents.
When I connect the external hard drive to the USB port on Argosy, the hard drive is recognized and files from it can be read and played. Thus I have ruled out the possibility of Argosy being unable to read Mac formats.
I try to use uPnP on Argosy to connect as uPnP client to Time Capsule, but nothing happens. I thought uPnP is turned ON by default on Time Capsule.
Why am I not able to see the Time Capsule hard drive from my media player?
What am I missing in my setup?
Do I need to install a media server device to read files from hard drives and storage, and stream to media player (Argosy)?
How are you folks using Time Capsule to play video from its hard drive on to TV?
Thanks.

I try to use uPnP on Argosy to connect as uPnP client to Time Capsule, but nothing happens. I thought uPnP is turned ON by default on Time Capsule.
Why am I not able to see the Time Capsule hard drive from my media player?
What am I missing in my setup?
Do I need to install a media server device to read files from hard drives and storage, and stream to media player (Argosy)?
How are you folks using Time Capsule to play video from its hard drive on to TV?
The TC has no upnp.. no Apple device does.. Apple refused to join and went off in a huff, sat in the corner and created their own.. NAT-PMP.. which as you can imagine.. doesn't work with anything else but Apple stuff.
So first issue.. no upnp but that isn't a biggie.
SMB file protocol which the rest of the world uses.. has rules which Apple also breaks.
Make sure your TC is setup with all short names. no spaces and pure alphanumeric.
On the file sharing page of the airport utility.. (you may need to use 5.6 from Mac or Windows), ensure that you set a workgroup.. generally now WORKGROUP. And make sure you turn on the guest account to full read and write permissions.
It would be good to ensure a normal windows computer can access the TC..
In windows explorer type in the address bar
\\TCname or \\TCIPaddress (where you replace with actual name or IP).
I do not know the Argosy player but I will look it up.
My hacked ATV1 can see and play files from the TC. That is running XMBC of course.

ITunes sometimes won't see media on my time capsule, and I have to remind it where it is !!

Hello,
I use a MacBook Pro to run iTunes, and my media sits in two locations.
1 Music, books, Apps etc are locally on the MacBook
2 Movies and TV Shows are on my Time capsule.
iTunes never has a problem with finding local hard drive content, however it only seems to find 50% of the time capsule media.
I get the apostrophe that suggests iTunes cannot find it, however if I select "get info" it knows where it is. (and will work fine from there)
It has become very frustrating, as it is never the same files it cant find, always different !!
When speaking to Apple (in-store) he was convinced it was a network speed issue related to the time capsule, however after speaking to Apple Care, they say it is not a recognised configuration (to store files away from the local Mac) and hence wont help me !!
Im convinced I cannot be the only one with this issue as we download more and more content our local hard drives are just not big enough to cope.
In summary, I just want to open iTunes and all my content be visible !!
Thanks

Your Time Capsule is on and running well before starting iTunes?
Although I think the AC person was going a bit by the book in the configuration comment, the person does have a point and it is not recommended you keep content other than backup files on a Time Capsule. If for no other reason you do not have a backup for your content you are keeping there.
Since you are saying this is happening with different files each time, but iTunes is able to find them when you get info on the file, I think it could well be a network issue and because you are using your Time Capsule for multiple purposes which includes large files. When you are starting iTunes it is trying to do something with the files and there isn't enough capacity for iTunes to do it and it is reporting files as missing. When you do it more leisurely one-by-ne by getting info it is having time to find them and is reporting them as okay. Which files this happens with may just be am atter of slight differences in what is happening each time you start iTunes and your network drive.

Is there a file browser which can play DVD contents from Time Capsule?

Using File Manager (free Zheng) app I can reach all my files on the Time Capsule (3TB) from my iPad Air2 (64GB). Also I am able to play video content MP4. So far so good.
However I have also several DVD VOB files of homevideo. These I can play on my iMac using DVD player or VLC.
Is there a way to play the DVD content just as easy as the MP4 files do on my iPad? Most file browser do not support this.
I have read a solution to perform it via a server via my iMac. However this is not to my liking.
Should it be possible to re-direct a file URL to lets say VLC player like Stratospherix filebrowser can do?
Is there a good file browser which can play VOB DVD contents?
Can anybody help me before buying several apps and perform the trial and error method ?

I'd recommend File Explorer (orange icon on the iOS app store) - find your NAS with it and try and play your media. It has a video decoder built in so should be able to handle your MP4s. If not, Plex is very good - but would require £2.99 and your Mac to be on when you wanted to watch on your iPad. Let me know how you get on.

Itunes loses my content on time capsule

Hi I am running a macbook air and keep all my movies and tv shows on the time capsule with the music on the internal flash drive in the computer. Usually I access the tv and movies through my Apple tv and until recently this worked fine. Recently my apple tv started to not be able to find files on the time capsule if the computer had been disconnected from the network and then reconnected. When I open iTunes to look at the problem the files it cannot find are missing artwork and I have to manually go and 'get info' for each missing movie. This is getting really irritating and any help would be appreciated. The iTunes media folder location in located on the hard drive.
Thanks a lot

There is no iTunes server functionality on the Time Capsule. So, to do what you are proposing, you would need to relocate your entire iTunes library onto the Time Capsule and launch iTunes with the option key to find the new location. Then you would stream from the Time Capsule drive through iTunes over the network back to the Time Capsule and eventually on to the Apple TV.
People do this, but I wouldn't recommend it. You will be adding a lot of additional load on your network since everything you stream from the Apple TV will have to hop through multiple points on your network. Any issues with bandwidth, interference, range, etc will be magnified, and may bring the whole network to a crawl at times. Just attaching an external USB/Firewire drive to your computer to hold your iTunes data to you computer would be a much faster and more stabile solution

HD Media and Your Time Capsule

Right then What am I running;
Time Capsule in same room as a IMAC lasr gen white 2.16Ghz Core2DUo
Time capsule set in N only 5Ghz mode (In the UK)
I was under the impression (obvisously ill adviced) that I could host all my HD media - 720P ish MP4s on my time machine and stream them wirelessly to my IMAC.
I am only running quicktime or front row and the folder with the files on the Time capsule is alisaed sos can be seen. If my calcualtions are correct ( 5GB film with 90mins run time should need about 0.7MB/s) Which i thought was a little low. These stream fine for a while but I get a Poping sound every so often and it apears that frames are being dropped. Any1 else tried /mananging to get this to work as There must be some way to do it. Is it that there just isnt enough bandwidth to play with?
Any ideas / comments greatly apreciated.
Kind Regards
Alex

Over Ethernet It works fine but the two devices are the other side of the room from one another and the reason I bought the device is to declutter my desk and live wirefree ( The misses hates wires) If i wanted to use ethernet I may as well have stuck with my MyBookPlatinum (WD) which over firewire is awsum - only use it for realy high read write stuff -
On a positive note the printer sharing on TIme Capsule I think is simply amazing. You plug it in - search for printers and it does the rest. No bloated HP 250MB on crap on my laptop

I would like to set up a media server on time capsule using airport express and an ipad as a remote for dance studio

I am wanting to set up a network for my business and was hoping if someone could tell me how to do this and if it will indeed work. Or if you have any better ideas.
I want to transfer all music to Airport Time Capsule. I want to plug in the aiport express to my sound system. I want to access music through the ipad off the timecapsule to play it without downlaoding it on the ipad.
We currently use Icloud, but there is too much music and too many devices accessing for it to work effectively. I am running a dance studio so we need more music than what could ever be stored on an ipad/ipod.
As an extention to this, can we use multiple Airport expresses plugged into mutiple sound systems to simultaneously access different music from the same time capsule?
Any ideas would be so great!

The answer is not if you use iTunes.
The TC is NOT an iTunes server.. it is not a media device at all. It is a backup location for Time Machine.
You need a computer in the network which stores the iTunes library and you can then play it via the ipad.
A mini with a large USB drive plugged in will work fine.. it doesn't need to be new.. a couple of years old mini will work just as well.
As an extention to this, can we use multiple Airport expresses plugged into mutiple sound systems to simultaneously access different music from the same time capsule?
I am not sure.. there will be network limitations to this.
Look up how to use itunes in a network.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4620
You would do better perhaps posting the question in iTunes section.. if as I guess you are actually using iTunes.

WDTV not able to see media Files from Time Capsule

Hi There,
Here is my Setup based on previous Discussion in forum.
I have 2013 Airport Time Capsule with below config
     Under Base Station Tab
     Base Station Name - LOPPY
     It has password too - ********
     Under Disk Tab
     Partition name - YOLOO
     Checked - Enable File Sharing
    Secured Shared disk : - With Accounts
    Account name - wdtv
    Account passwd - ****
Now i am able to browse shared folder under win 7 .. Window > run > \\192.168.1.XXX. .. It asks my time machine user name & passwd and i use wdtv .. i can see 2 folder .. 1st - YOLOO. & 2nd wdtv.
I put few media files in both folder.
Now i have Wdtv live (Gen3) with latest Firmware.
I go to Video > Network share > Window Shares > LOPPY (My Time Capsule)
   it has asked username password . i supplied wdtv/****
And i see famous error - No Media .. There is no media available for playback.
While i have kept media in both folder.
Please advice how to browse files inside Time capsule drive.

Ok got it ..
In WDTV > Setup > network Setup > Turn on Mac Shares
Now .. Video > Network shares > Mac shares > You will be able to see Time Capsule
Enter passwd.. was able to see all folders

Viewing Contents of Time Capsule

Hi everyone, I need some help, urgently.
I am having much trouble with my time capsule. I will address my issues in different posts.
First, can anyone tell me how to view the contents of my Time Capsule? I do not mean how to go into time machine. I am trying to verify the contents of my TC.
Running 10.5.6 on MBP
Thanks!

I was able to answer my own question. In case someone needs this information in the future, this is how to view the different sparsebundle images stored in your Time Capsule:
Open Finder
Menu Bar---> Go ---> Connect to Server...
Browse
Find and Open Your TC
Running FileVault, this will give you a view of the different sparsebundle images on your TC. I consistently run FV on all my macs so I could not tell you what the alternative will show.
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Cannot stream photos stored in Time Capsule to ATV2. Why?

I cannot get the ATV2 to stream photos stored in the Time Capsule. I have all the obvious settings turned on in iTunes- home sharing, and the photos folder stored in Time Capsule selected, but for some reason the ATV2 get's stuck on the loading library screen. I am able to stream HD movies stored in Time Capsule to ATV2 with no problems but not photos. Can someone explain why or suggest a good way to view photos stored in TC to ATV2? Should I report this as a bug to Apple? Thnx.

Yes. As a test, I created a folder in Time Capsule and put just a hand full of photos in it. I redefined the path for photo sharing in iTunes to that folder, and voila! they show up on ATV2. But when I select the folder with a bit more photos then the ATV2 gets stuck on the loading page. Hmmm?

Can you stream iTunes library from Time Capsule to a MacBook if you're connected to the internet anywhere in the world?

I want to buy a MacBook Air but the flash storage means not enough space for all my movies and music. Instead of carrying around an extra harddrive, I'd rather make the Time Capsule my external harddrive. Most of the time when I access it it will be from my house, but say I'm just out and about and connected to the internet...assuming my Time Capsule is on, can I use it as basically a cloud device and stream my iTunes movies and music to my computer?

Probably not unless you have a super speed internet connection.. most people on adsl have 1mbit upload connection or less. you cannot stream movies over 1mbit.. I doubt you can even stream music. Actual throughput is only 800kbit/s...
That is why you store things in the cloud.. you download speed from cloud is much high than upload to it.
That is unless you have a super high speed, fibre connection to your home??
It is certainly possible.. if you have enough bandwidth.. 99.999% of people don't.

ITunes loses connection to media Folder on Time Capsule

Hi,
I have succesfully moved my iTunes Mediathek to a new Time Capsule.
I changed the place of the media folder to the new destination (Settings-->Advanced).
As long as I don't end my user session, everything works fine. After a new login and after rebooting my iMac, iTunes uses the old location. Then I have to configure the new folder again.
Can you help me?
Greetings from Hannover, Germany
Ulrich

The issue is the TC is slow to start up.. each time you start your Mac.. it will not be able to spin up the TC fast enough to locate the iTunes library so you will get an error and have to manually direct the iTunes to the library.. over and over and over..
The TC is really unsuitable.
But there are suggestions on how to do this.. move the whole application to the TC.. and use an icon on the desktop to start up the iTunes.. I am not sure of the details.. but I have seen the description.. as long as the software starts up from the same place as the library it should work..
Ask in the iTunes section.
There is nothing wrong with the TC .. it is working as it was designed.. as a target for Time Machine.

How can I view media located on time capsule using PS3?

Hi - is this even possible? I have a media folder on the Time Capsule and would like to access it using PS3.
Thank you guys.

Sorry, but not possible. The Time Capsule can only backup an internal drive on a computer and an external drive that is attached directly to a computer.

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